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Primakov, whose face was covered with gunsmoke, stood in front of Baghramyan: "Report to the commander, I have completed the task, the troops have rushed over, but ...... The losses are a bit big, though. ”

"How big?"

"The 2 rocket artillery battalions you gave me were unfortunately destroyed by enemy artillery fire, and the other ...... In total, more than 5,000 comrades may have been lost...... The accuracy of the artillery in the dark night was not good, and some comrades were accidentally injured by the fire of our troops. Primakov hung his head, not daring to say anything about the "indiscriminate attack".

In fact, Baghramyan had already been informed of this, and the political commissar, Major General Terekin, privately expressed his dissatisfaction and demanded that Baghramyan punish the bold commander, but was stopped by the latter: "Winning the war is the most important thing, and the rest will be discussed later." Now seeing that Primakov had made a "smart" excuse, and thinking that he did not rush to attack but first understood the enemy's situation and prepared a plan, Bagramyan could not help but nod secretly: in such a grim situation, only a smart commander could survive, and the pedantic and stupid Ivanov had already reported in advance to see Comrade Lenin.

"How many men are left in the 9th Mechanized Army?"

"Probably...... There are probably more than 7,000 more. ”

"Good! Very good! You did a great job! Bagramian patted Primakov on the shoulder, "What are you afraid of with great losses, the most important thing is to complete the task!" The remaining troops of the 9th Mechanized Corps are all replenished to you, and the officers below the division commander can be appointed at your own choice and reported to the Political Department of the Group Army. Now immediately go down to replenish it, your army will still make great efforts in the battle of Karachi, if you fight well, I will report your merits to the base camp after the battle, and you will have the opportunity to be the commander of the group army in the future! ”

Hearing this, Primakov, who was originally anxious, suddenly widened his eyes and nodded heavily, and even the steps of leaving were much brisker.

At the same time that Primakov stormed Route 7, the troops of the Kirchna Panzer Group were rapidly advancing northeastward, preparing to attack the flank of the Tula defenders and test the depth of the Red Army's defense line south of Moscow, led by the first batch of the 6th Panzer Division to complete the reorganization.

Speaking of Kirchner's appointment, he was already the commander of the Panzer Corps when the division was disarmed, and Erhard Rouse was only the commander of the 6th Panzer Division, but in the process of specific personnel appointments, Rouse seized the opportunity to become the commander of the army group, and he fell down to become the division commander - one of the few armored division commanders in the Wehrmacht with the rank of general.

Many people were upset with him, but he himself was at ease, doing the job at hand in a down-to-earth manner, neither expressing dissatisfaction with the General Staff or the Führer, nor showing jealousy of Rouse, and even when Rouse clearly became his immediate superior, he still maintained a humble and respectful attitude and respected Rouse. This performance not only won Hoffman's approval, but also won the favor of Zeitzler, the chief of the Army General Staff - Kirchner is said to be older than him.

In the process of determining the first batch of armored divisions to be upgraded to integrated armoured divisions, the 6th Panzer Division was not on the list, and was selected as an alternate only because the 7th Panzer Division was still fighting in Africa and did not have time to participate in the division. In order to compete for this waiting list, all parties tried their best, but in the end, Zeitzler reported that the 6th Panzer Division was in the first place on the recommended list. Not only that, Zeitzler also went to Berlin in person, and on the grounds that the 6th Panzer Division had made outstanding contributions to the anti-landing campaign in Dieppe (Zeitzler personally commanded the battle), he begged Hoffmann to approve it, and Rouse also went to Marshal Keitel several times to make a pleading. Eventually, the 6th Panzer Division became the first unit to be integrated.

Before leaving, General Modell, the commander of Army Group Center, talked to Kirchner again, hoping that he would seize the opportunity to perform well, because the Führer was already considering the formation of a new Panzer Army Group for Army Group East, and there were many candidates for commander, and he recommended Kirchner and said that Zeitzler also agreed to recommend it, which surprised Kirchner and inspired him even more.

In addition to meticulous planning of the marching routes, battle plans, and possible encounters, Kirchner personally inspected the equipment and supplies of the troops, and since this was an improvised armored group, he even met with the divisional officers one by one to familiarize himself with their characteristics and command styles in order to maximize combat effectiveness.

Among these officers, he trusted and trusted the most was Colonel Baker, the commander of the 11th Armored Regiment of the 6th Armored Division and the famous armored dentist.

Colonel Franz Baker was a dentist who fought in World War I, studied medicine and dentistry after retiring and became a doctor of dental surgery in 1923, and served in the 6th Panzer Division after the start of the war, participating in the Polish and French campaigns, and rising through the ranks.

Now that the armored dentist was contemplating the next steps in the rocking Tank 4 command vehicle, the Britannian coast washed by the rumbling Atlantic waves, the Verdun steppes reflecting the autumn sun, the golden churches and the towering castles were a thing of the past - they had completed their reorganization in France some time ago, and it was time to think about iron and blood, life and killing.

"Sir, we're about to enter the Soviet line." While he was pondering, a report from the reconnaissance force suddenly came from his headphones.

"Is there anything out of the ordinary?"

"There is nothing unusual, the Soviets are silent, but I think they are aware of our arrival."

"Keep going, don't open fire without permission, wait for orders." The armored dentist looked around at the pitch black and suddenly gave a startlingly bold order.

The commander of the reconnaissance company was visibly hesitant, but agreed to comply.

After another ten minutes, Baker saw in the light of the rising moon: many companies of soldiers in the well-defended Soviet positions stood up, took up their weapons, and stared silently at the suspicious tank column towards them, but none of them fired or made it look like they were going to fire.

What's going on?

Baker himself was stunned, at this moment his palms were tense and sweaty, he looked at where he was, this was on a road bridge, once the exchange of fire was easy to be blocked by the enemy, this was not a suitable place for tank combat.

Although it was very risky, he still lowered his voice and said, "All attention, don't fire yet!" ”

The first tank reached the opposite bank, followed by the second, third, fourth...... At this time, the Soviets finally realized that something was wrong - not only because of the number of tanks a little large, but also because some of the tanks were very large and did not look like Russian tanks - those were the Tiger interspersed in the middle of tank No. 4. The armored dentist didn't know that he had picked up a big bargain - the superiors informed the Red Army troops stationed here that there would be troops passing by and changing guards tonight, and the ignorant defenders actually took the Germans as their own.

By the time they came to their senses, it was too late.

"Password ......"

"Hit!"

"Da Da Da!"

"Tubu!"

The pitch-black bridgehead suddenly burst into fierce fire, most of which were the sound of machine guns and artillery of German tanks, and a small part of the Soviet army's return fire and anti-tank guns desperately struggling

After 30 minutes of fierce fighting, the entire bridge was taken intact and the road to Tula was opened.

At 10 a.m. on June 4, Vasilevsky, who was in the center, received three pieces of bad news in a row:

The first bad news was in the direction of Tula, where the German attacking troops not only touched a place only 35 kilometers from Tula, but not only cut through two outer lines of defense one after another, but also severely attacked the troops of the Steppe Military District that passed on the same day, forcing Konev to lead his troops from the line of bypassing Ryazan, losing more than 40,000 men - many of whom were either eliminated but scattered;

The second bad news is that in the direction of the central battlefield, two German armored armies suddenly appeared, storming the right flank of the Central Front, the Red Army, which had only 150,000 people, poor equipment and low training level, could not stop more than 300,000 well-equipped German elites, most of the positions were broken through, and the remnants of the Red Army retreated to Borisoglebsk, and there was a lot of mourning;

The third bad news was in the Karachi direction, although the Central Front launched a fierce attack on Karachi at all costs, Baglamiyan used the main forces of all three army groups under his command to attack, two of which attacked the left and right flanks respectively, entangled the German infantry divisions on both flanks, and the center army attacked Karachi Italy.

Although only the Ram Panzer Division and an infantry division held Karachi, the Italians, who were heavily encircled, fought to the death and firmly withstood the onslaught of the Red Army.

"Bastard!" Vasilevsky was furious, "What is Bagramyan doing? The flanks can't stop the Germans, the frontal can't eat the Italians, how is he commanding? ”

Zhukov couldn't help frowning, although Baghramyan had a good relationship with him, but the current situation could not be worse, once Borisoglebsk was occupied by the Germans, it would mean that the rear of the Central Front was completely cut off, and even if Karachi could be taken, it would be useless.

"Did he make any adjustments to his flanks?"

"Commander Bagramyan sent reserves in the hope of holding off the Germans on the Borisoglebsk front, but at the same time he said that the situation was not optimistic, and hoped that Commander Vatutin would send strong troops to cover his rear." The confidential staff officer next to him handed the telegram to Zhukov, "He also asked the base camp to send him another air force group." ”

"Let Vatutin cover him? He can tell the truth! Vasilevsky was even more angry, "Isn't the move of the Southwestern Front just a chance for Manstein to take advantage of?" What to do with the flank cover in Stalingrad? (To be continued.) )